South Bend BeBop The South Bend BeBop is a wooden pressed eye antique lure. The lure is a series 902 and is a color RYT, red yellow tail and has pressed eyes and surface rigging. The lure is the smaller of the series at 3 3/8″ in length and there is a larger a series […]
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Jacobs Polly Frog Lure The Jacobs Polly Frog Lure was patented in 1942, and as stated on its box “Being a lure for all game fish”. From the already famous maker of the Jacobs Hoss or Horse Fly lure, we see a new offering. The Polly Frog antique fly lure was available in 4 […]
Atlas Portage Reel Atlas Portage reel the raised pillar type as shown in the photos are one of the more common raised pillar fly reels I seem to run into. Some marked on the side plate with their trademark rising sun, some not at all. Atlas reels take a front seat as far as availability […]
Barracuda Reyhu Lure The Barracuda Reyhu Lure is a small wooden 2 1/2″ fishing lure. The antique lure was made by The Florida Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Company, Barracuda Brand and was found in the 1950’s. The Lure can also be found under the Dandy Lures brand out of Tampa Florida in the Orange Clear top […]
Dolly Rotator Lure The Dolly Rotator lure is a Hard Plastic multi segmented lure. This antique lures rear end is in the shape of a cork screw rotating the rear half while the front segment stays stationary. The lure measures 3 7/8″ in length and is Circa 1964. Ive only ever seen the red and […]
Shakespeare Worden Bucktail Revolution This item the Shakespeare Worden Bucktail Revolution lure is part of one of the sets of metal lures that are iconic foundation Shakespeare lures. The Revolution lures in line symbolizes early Shakespeare. Circa 1903, this is the earlier model. You can tell by the rounded aft section and the “Mickey Mouse […]
Fly Fishing Feature Friday III Fly Fishing Feature Friday III: What a great week, a week of fly fishing fun even if it was living vicariously through the F3T. A word of thanks today, goes out to the crew of F3T, and Backwater Fly of OKC ladies and gents that made it possible. A night […]
Chase A Bug Lure The Chase a Bug Lure is just a really really neat neat lure out of Detroit Michigan, and made in a great looked molted green color. The fishing lure was made by Leo Krozaleski, the founder of Leon Tackle Company. The Chase a Bug when pulled through the water spins the propeller […]
South Bend Coast Oreno Lure The South Bend Coast Oreno Lure is a great piece of craftsmanship. This large big game and saltwater lure was a series 985 and was a trolling bait more than capable of landing the coveted Tarpon. The Coast Oreno in the Oreno Lure tradition, came in a few different varieties […]
Drake Sea Bat This Drake Sea Bat lure in the box is circa 1932. This interesting lure has 2 adjustable diving planes on each side affixed via tube. Inside the tube there is a BB that makes the lure turn into a rattle lure. The lure was made by Harry Drake from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I […]
Tumble Bug Lure The Tumble Bug lure was first made in 1947. This fine antique lure is another post WWII produced lure and was made by Ross Bait Company of Akron Ohio. This plastic chunk type antique lure and is 3″ in length. The lure was made of molded or formed plastic and had a dual […]
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South Bend Counter Display This South Bend Counter display piece is one of the other miscellaneous pieces we a antique lures collectors covet. As if our lures rooms weren’t covered head to toe with lures reels, catalogs, oilers, fish plaques, mounts, nets, creels, line dryers, minnow buckets, minnow traps, tackle boxes…… Are you starting to […]
Sunday Sounds II Sunday Sounds II: As we crossed the finish line of a week filled with fresh air, canoes, friends, a tent, mud, rain and hail, we also ended it with a race. While it may sound like a tumultuous mix or a recipe for disaster for some. For us its a typical recipe for […]
Bubble Sally Lure The Bubble Sally lure first showed up in 1948. Fair Play Industries out of Detroit Michigan put out 2 lures that focused on a antique lure niche using effervescence. The antique fishing lure itself was only 3/4″ in length attached to a spinner and housed or held the bubble action tablet. There […]
Pflueger Razem Lure The Pflueger Razem Lure was a series 7496. The lure was first introduced in 1929 and was only around 6 years until 1935. Pflueger has been making rubberized minnow by over 50 years at this point. This antique fishing lure had the best of all worlds for it combined a minnow with […]
Fly Fishing Feature Friday II Last week on the inaugural Fly Fishing Feature Friday we dove right in to water with Geofish, a great way to not only get your feet wet, but set your shoes on fire to do something you’ve always wanted, then we satisfied your refined palet and poured you a 3 […]
Mepps Spear Gun This Mepps Spear Gun was one of my favorite consignments. I’ve had a few crazy ones over the years, from a truck sitting in a field for 70 years to someone accidentally packing a half eatin sandwich they were enjoying instead of the antique fishing lure they had in their hand when they […]
Shakespeare Pop I Lure The Shakespeare Pop I lure was a series model number 6574, and created by the Shakespeare Bait Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan. This painted eye, wooden lure, was Shakespeare’s answer to a segment of fisherman wanting to emulate one of natures greatest food supplies for sports fish, the frog. The antique lure […]
Trip Lure Atomic Fishing The Trip Lure was made by Atomic Fishing Tackle Division of S&G Products in Bogota New Jersey. This obscure antique fishing lure dates to the end of WWII, Circa 1946. The antique lure falls into the spring loaded hook category with some others such as the EZ Way. The Trip Atomic Fishing […]
Sunday Sounds As the weekend accelerates to the finish line, I’m reminded once again its the Journey not the destination that makes the best memories in life. Most kids in the North Texas area and Southern Oklahoma region are out on spring break this week. While most awaking with a electronic devices within arms reach. […]
Heddon Sonar The Heddon Sonar was first introduced in around 1959 by Heddon of Dowagiac, Michigan. The antique fishing lure came in a multitude of of colors ranging from basic primary colors to the flashy eye popping fluorescent, to mimicking that of a fish itself in the natural series. The Sonar was advertised in 3 […]
New Winner Wood Minnow The New Winner Wood Minnow was a product offered by Sears Roebuck and Company. This beautiful example is housed in a standard wood box with a railed or channeled slide type. Through out the fishing industry we see once again wholesalers, and jobbers, taking the product of another manufacturer and either […]
Catch Magazine Catch Magazine photographically speaking is at the top there’s no one out there better than Todd Moen and Catch Magazine. Issue 45 the Febuary and March issue continues down that path. The path to providing a thinnest veil or window pane between us the end user and the glass itself. Todd videos were […]
Fly Fishing Feature Friday In this Fly Fishing Feature Friday I would be remiss at taking you a step forward without first looking in the rear view mirror. What am I talking about, simply put, GeoBass and Motiv fishing. While most would agree lifes not the destination, its about the journey, the these guy have taken […]
Paul Puckettt F3T Poster Who’s to say fishing cant be done for a cause. While we as fisherman undeniably use the outdoors and our passion to often escape from life’s reality, sometimes, its where we turn to face it. Paul Puckett is an artist who takes his love for the shutter and turns it into […]
Heddon Shrimpy Spook Lure The Heddon Shrimpy Spook lure is a series 9000, produced by James Heddon & Son, of Dowagiac, Michigan. This antique plastic spook lure is 3 7/8″ inches in length. The lure was first introduced in 1930 and was only in its catalogs a few years. The lure is made of Pyralin […]
Pflueger Pine Cone Scale Spinner Lure The Pflueger Pine Cone Scale Spinner lure can date all the way back to the late 1800’s. One of the keys to Pflueger’s success (no pun intended) in the fishing lure arena has always been tied to its sale of metal spoons. A concept which was due to being […]
Heddon Vamp in Goldfish This Heddon Vamp in Goldfish is a series 7500, and painted in Heddon Goldfish color, a color we as lure collectors cant seem to get enough of. The lure was first produced in 1920 and was a regular staple in the James Heddon and Son lineup. The color is a tough […]
Abbey Imbrie Ghost Lure The Abbey Imbrie Ghost Lure comes from one of the larger jobbers in American fishing history was Abbey and Imbrie. Although its roots are decades deeper the company itself was founded in 1875 via merger, Abbey and Imbrie’s reach into the various facets of the fishing tackle history would run long […]